Monthly Archives: May 2015

Just after I complained about how cold it was outside…

Posted on May 31, 2015 by jyourist

…this greeted me on the front step.

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Commissioned piece for a retiring colleague

Posted on May 30, 2015 by jyourist

For a colleague who is retiring, I was asked to put together an art piece. I asked all the faculty and staff to fill a small acrylic box with some symbol that was a wish or gratitude for this particular … Continue reading →

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South Korean traditional ceramic masters

Posted on May 29, 2015 by jyourist

A beautiful film featuring five ceramic masters from Icheon — a Ceramics Village in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea: Lee Hyang-Gu Kim Song-Tae You Yong-Chul Choi In-Gyu Jo Se-Yeon

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Syringa’s reluctance to dally with Pan

Posted on May 28, 2015 by jyourist

My mother was neither a gardener, nor a lover of nature. In fact, once she had a construction guy who was doing some cement work in the neighborhood, come to our house and lay cement over our entire backyard. A … Continue reading →

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Student locker

Posted on May 26, 2015 by jyourist

This is a panoramic shot of a locker just outside my classroom. I heard lots of noise this morning and came into the hallway. The student, whom I don’t teach and is in a younger grade, was trying to close … Continue reading →

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A Memorial Day created by former slaves

Posted on May 25, 2015 by jyourist

Though Memorial Day was first formally declared in 1868 by General Logan, in charge of the GAR—an organization of Civil War vets, in order to decorate the graves of those who died in the Civil War, there are many cities … Continue reading →

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“The Fallguy’s Faith” by Robert Coover

Posted on May 23, 2015 by jyourist

Falling from favor, or grace, some high artifice, down he dropped like a discredited predicate through what he called space (sometimes he called it time) and with an earsplitting crack splattered the base earth with his vital attributes. Oh, I’ve … Continue reading →

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“Яблочко”

Posted on May 22, 2015 by jyourist

xxx This film, created in 1946 by Ivan and Vladimir Nikitchenko, was produced by the Soyuzdetfilm, later called the Gorky Film Studio, originally founded in 1915. “Яблочко” (or “Little Apple”) is a masterful short film of pioneering special effects, specifically the … Continue reading →

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Harper Lee is not immune

Posted on May 21, 2015 by jyourist

Today in class I showed the courtroom scene from the movie version of To Kill a Mockingbird. Though the movie is a pale reflection of the book, like most movies based on books, the courtroom scene is not too bad—Gregory Peck … Continue reading →

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Magical overcast morning

Posted on May 17, 2015 by jyourist
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